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The First Hill is located in a vague west of Elondor. With the spread and dominance of [[Olgish peoples|Olgish culture and religion]], this site is almost universally identified with the [[Ortûlék|Hill of Ortûlék]] in northern Belkondíl and its three nations as the [[Géni]] (usually identified with the Aribelians), the [[Olgish peoples|Olgs]], and the [[Auls]]. The [[Lonsorigi]] give a detailed account of the events at this hill, the only they mention by name (then merely adding that ‘and thus it was done again upon a hill in the mountains, and again upon a hill far to the east’). In this account, [[Ilgar]] and [[Elgeka]], having descended from the [[Shea’voch]], climb a hill on the bank of the Cëlac river ‘in the west, in Ortûlék’ and on its summit plant the [[Seed of the Old World]], thus creating all plantlife. On the hill itself grows a Hawthorn bush, which bears fruits on three consecutive days, from which the [[Pacasgila]], animals, and finally humans are formed. The goddesses then move on, creating humans at the second and third hill. | The First Hill is located in a vague west of Elondor. With the spread and dominance of [[Olgish peoples|Olgish culture and religion]], this site is almost universally identified with the [[Ortûlék|Hill of Ortûlék]] in northern Belkondíl and its three nations as the [[Géni]] (usually identified with the Aribelians), the [[Olgish peoples|Olgs]], and the [[Auls]]. The [[Lonsorigi]] give a detailed account of the events at this hill, the only they mention by name (then merely adding that ‘and thus it was done again upon a hill in the mountains, and again upon a hill far to the east’). In this account, [[Ilgar]] and [[Elgeka]], having descended from the [[Shea’voch]], climb a hill on the bank of the Cëlac river ‘in the west, in Ortûlék’ and on its summit plant the [[Seed of the Old World]], thus creating all plantlife. On the hill itself grows a Hawthorn bush, which bears fruits on three consecutive days, from which the [[Pacasgila]], animals, and finally humans are formed. The goddesses then move on, creating humans at the second and third hill. | ||
The [[Besokian Cosmogony]], naming all three hills, lists the first as ''Kâmârod'' ‘heart, soul, life’ but does not go into detail about its location beyond placing it ‘in the west’; while otherwise following the general narrative, the Besokian version does not explicitly identify the sites as hills, only introducing them by name. While mostly accepted in Lécaronian times, the identification of the First Hill with Ortûlék is persistently challenged by the [[Kalparian religion|Kalparian church]], who assert the second hill was located on an island in the estuary of the [[Kalpa river|River Kalpa]] that drowned in the [[Great Flood]]. | The [[Besokian Cosmogony]], naming all three hills, lists the first as ''Kâmârod'' ‘heart, soul, life’ but does not go into detail about its location beyond placing it ‘in the west’; while otherwise following the general narrative, the Besokian version does not explicitly identify the sites as hills, only introducing them by name. The [[Old Besokian World Map]] curiously omits a location labelled as ''Kâmârod'', suggesting that the site was either not considered real at the time of its creation (c. 2200 B.E.B.) or the name had fallen out of use by that time. The map does include one hill on each side of the [[Besokan river|Besokan estuary]], however, which might indicate two concrete locations that had become identified with the First and Third Hill. The western site is labelled ''M.EN.ÂR.ÎM.OR'', possibly with a meaning ‘cult site, holy place’. It has later been identified with the hill of [[Telassin (hill)|Telassin]] near [[Nendem-Tinar]], which features prominently in the ''[[Book of Seligon]]'' narrative ''[[Of the Curse of Etherin]]''. | ||
While mostly accepted in Lécaronian times, the identification of the First Hill with Ortûlék is persistently challenged by the [[Kalparian religion|Kalparian church]], who assert the second hill was located on an island in the estuary of the [[Kalpa river|River Kalpa]] that drowned in the [[Great Flood]]. | |||
===Second Hill=== | ===Second Hill=== | ||
The location of the Second Hill is the least consistently designated, mythologies variably placing it in the centre of the world, in a forest, in the mountains, or even simply between the other two hills (so in Kalparian mythology). The Besokian Cosmogony identifies it with the real-life hill of [[Nishûnâc]], placed at the centre of the Old Besokian World Map, and this identification is widely accepted and was even remarked upon in most annotated versions of the Lonsorigi. | |||
Kalparian doctrine locates it further north, tentatively in the [[Kernogori]] or near the [[Pass of Yan]], possibly even identifying it with [[Mt. Andaron]]. | |||
===Third Hill=== | ===Third Hill=== | ||
No accepted identifications of the Third Hill exist. The Lonsorigi merely place it ‘in the west’, and scholars of the Olgish church have variously placed it in Old Selgion, Ukkar, and the Armundic Valley, identifying it with, amongst other locations, the Twins of Carandol, the Inisberg, or even the Shea’voch itself. | |||
The Besokian Cosmogony names the hill ''Nôrâshet'' ‘Land of Summer’, a term later (so on the Old Besokian World Map) applied to Old Seligon as a whole. | |||
[[Category:Common Myths]] | [[Category:Common Myths]] | ||